Eagles Sign Transfer from City College of San Francisco

May 11, 2011

Having won 87 percent of his games since his junior year in
high school, Collin Chiverton averages 19 points and five rebounds
per game while helping team to state title

Collin Chiverton, a 6-foot-6 forward out of
City College of San Francisco, has signed a letter of intent to
attend Eastern Washington University and play basketball for the
Eagles, new EWU head coach Jim Hayford announced
Wednesday (May 11).

Chiverton (pronounced “Chih-ver-ton”) averaged 19
points, five rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in leading CCSF to
the 2010-11 California Community Colleges Athletic Association
title. He averaged 30 points per game in the tournament after
earning All-State and first-team All-Coast Conference honors as a
sophomore. San Francisco finished the season 32-1 with a 27-game
winning streak, and was a perfect 12-0 in the Coast Conference.

Chiverton is formerly from San Jose, Calif., and graduated in
2008 from Archbishop Mitty High School. He redshirted at Saint
Mary’s in California (2008-09), then played one season at
Salt Lake Community College before transferring to CCSF.

In the four seasons he has played since his junior year in high
school, teams that Chiverton has played on have won 114 of 131
games for an 87 percent winning rate.

“He’s a winner and has played on
highly-successful teams, and has been a key player on all of those
squads,” Hayford said. “He is an extremely athletic
player and has a great dribble-drive game. He has extreme range in
his outside shooting ability, and is a very, very strong offensive
player.”

Hayford enters his first season at the helm of the Eagles,
having inherited a team that had no seniors on its 2010-11
roster.

“It addresses a need that we had on our roster, and
we’re really excited that a player from the City College of
San Francisco state championship team is now at Eastern,” he
added.

While at Archbishop Mitty, Chiverton helped lead the school to
two runner-up finishes in the California Interscholastic Federation
Tournament. He was ranked among the top 150 high school recruits in
the nation and in the top 10 in California.

As a senior, he was a first-team All-State selection and the
San Jose Mercury News Player of the Year on its All-County
Team. He was the West Catholic Athletic League Player of the Year
as well after averaging 21.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, four assists and
2.2 steals per game.

At City College of San Francisco, he scored 41 points in an
82-66 state tournament game versus Santa Rosa in which he made nine
three-pointers. He scored 17 in the title game, an 83-81 victory
over Citrus College.

“All you have to do is get online and look at some of the
highlights of Collin and you’ll see how athletic he
is,” Hayford said. “Where he helps us most is providing
size on the perimeter. He has great scoring ability, especially
scoring in bursts. We’ve added a great player to our
roster.”

While at Salt Lake Community College in the 2009-10 season,
Chiverton earned second-team All-Scenic West Conference honors. As
a Bruin, he played 19.8 minutes a game, averaging 14.7 points a
contest. He made 39 percent of his shots from the field (153-392),
34 percent from the three-point arc (74-216) and 83 percent from
the free throw line (89-107). The Bruins finished 24-8,
including a 14-6 record in the Scenic West.

More on Chiverton . . .

Chiverton ended his high school career third all-time at
Archbishop Mitty with 1,535 points. As a high school senior, he
also was nominated for McDonald’s All-America honors and was
ranked No. 3 in the 2008 NorCalPreps.com prospect rankings.
Rivals.com ranked him as the 13th highest prospect in the state of
California.

He helped lead the Monarchs to a USA Today No. 9
national ranking to end the year after finishing the season 29-2
and with a second-straight CIF Division II runner-up finish. He had
17 points, four rebounds and three steals in a championship game
loss to Mater Dei. Archbishop Mitty was ranked as high as No. 2 in
the nation by USA Today.

Earlier in the season, Chiverton was named to the All-Tournament
team at the 2007 Les Schwab Invitational in Oregon. He scored 27
points in an 86-75 victory over Oregon City in the title game. His
teammate, Drew Gordon, was the MVP of the tournament and is now at
New Mexico after starting his collegiate career at UCLA.

Prior to his senior season, Chiverton was a second-team
“Best of the West” selection by the Long Beach
Press Telegram. As a junior, he averaged 15.1 points per game
as the Monarchs finished 29-6 overall and 12-2 in the West Catholic
League. Archbishop Mitty made the first of two-straight appearances
in the state championship game, losing 69-64 in overtime to Mater
Dei as Chiverton scored 22 points.

He finished his junior season making 44 percent from the field,
35 percent from the three-point arc and 76.5 percent from the
charity line. He and Gordon earned first-team San Jose Mercury
News All-Central Coast Section honors, with Gordon earning
Player of the Year accolades. A year later on the same squad
(although referred to as All-County), Chiverton was the player of
the year and both were first-team selections for the
second-straight season.

Chiverton was born on April 3, 1990, and his parents are Earl
and Vanessa Chiverton. He is the cousin of former California and
current Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch. Chiverton
intends to major in communications or business at Eastern.